The Congress party denied any impact on alliance between Congress and Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh following the joining of SP by former Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leader and two time state chief minister, Kalyan Singh. However, some Congress leaders expressed reservation on Kalyan Singh factor due to his involvement in demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992.

The Congress in-charge of Uttar Pradesh affairs and party's general secretary Digvijay Singh said, "If Mr. Kalyan Singh now feels sorry for the Babri demolition and repents, and if this alignment leads to weakening the BJP, we won't have concerns."

New Delhi, Jan 26, : Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said that the party would finalise its list of all candidates for Delhi and more than half of Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming General Elections by January 29.

BJP will be able to finalize the list during its Central Election Committee (CEC) meet to be held between Jan. 28-29.

"I have called the next CEC meeting of BJP on January 28 and 29. We will finalise our Lok Sabha candidates for almost all the seats," BJP President Rajnath Singh told mediapersons in national capital on Monday.

Rae Bareli, Jan 25, : At least twelve People were killed and several others

Noida, Jan 25 : Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, Jan 24, : Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested four Bangladeshis, including a woman, for their alleged involvement in human trafficking.

The Local Intelligence Unit (LIU) circle officer, Rajendra Singh said that they raided Sadar locality of Saharanpur district and nabbed four Bangladeshi nationals on Friday night.

Saharanpur is around 400 km from Lucknow.

The four accused confessed that other members of the group are active in various districts of Uttar Pradesh and other neighbouring states, like, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand.

Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 23 : Weavers in Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh made a gigantic carpet which will adorn the floors of a China hotel.

Made by around 200 weavers in three months'', the carpet measuring 113 feet in width and 160 feet in length.

The carpet has been made on a special order by China''s Hyatt hotel and this is the first time that such a big carpet has been made by these weavers.